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Monterey Bay

CRC-16916 – Residency

17th sighting in Monterey Bay
Fluke of CRC-16916
CRC-16916 Confirmed in the catalog @4162
Jun 1 – 23, 2026 · Monterey Bay

Farallones, June, feeding

Cold water, good chow, plenty of company breathing beside me.

62 m
Deepest dive
2:47
Longest dive
12
Dives
Sightings
3
Days between first and last sighting
22

Dive stats modelled within real depth limits — not measured

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SightingSeafloorSea tempDeepest dive (modelled)
Jun 1, 2026699 m12.9°C62 m
Jun 20, 202633 m15.3°C29 m
Jun 23, 2026-11 m——

Seafloor and sea temperature measured · ✳ dives modelled

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Deepest dive against the seafloor, per sighting

Seafloor · measured Deepest dive · modelled
Jun 1, 2026 — seafloor 699 m (measured), deepest dive 62 m (modelled)Jun 1Jun 20, 2026 — seafloor 33 m (measured), deepest dive 29 m (modelled)Jun 20Jun 23, 2026 — seafloor -11 m (measured), deepest dive — (modelled)Jun 23

Depth runs down from the surface. The modelled dive never passes the measured seafloor at that sighting.

Dives

62 m
Deepest dive
2:47
Longest dive
12
Dives
18 m
Avg dive depth
3
Sightings
22
Days first → last

Dive metrics are modelled within real depth limits — not measured

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Dive profile

modelled
05010062 mstartdive sequence (illustrative)

Depth shaped by the seafloor limit here (699 m) and the published dive-behaviour distribution. Modelled, not measured.

Deep Effort Score

Deep

Depth, duration and recovery resolved into a single number for this session.

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Place

Where this happened · Jun 1, 2026

measured
Seafloor depth
699 m
Sea-surface temperature
12.9°C
Distance from shore
16.0 km

Across the residency · 3 sightings

measured
Seafloor depth
-11 m – 699 m
Sea-surface temperature
12.9°C – 15.3°C
Distance from shore
1.0 km – 16.0 km

Sources: GEBCO seafloor grid · NOAA OISST sea temperature · PacIOOS coastline distance

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Source records

This activity is assembled from 3 catalogued encounters on Happywhale.

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